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Methamphetamine is also known as crystal meth or meth is a crystallized form of drug which is highly popular in the United States and in the world. During the year 1999, the crystal meth was used three times more than cocaine. Hence, this is not a newly found drug. It is there in the world for hundred years. During the year 1983, a chemist named Nagayoshi Nagai created crystal meth or methamphetamine from ephedrine. In the year 1919 Akira Ogata crystallized into by reducing ephedrine with the help of red phosphorus and iodine. A similar drug named amphetamine was created in 1887 in Germany. The initial manufacture of meth began in the year 1960 at Hawaii in the United States.

Methamphetamine is also known by the terms crystal, meth or speed. This can be smoked, injected, ingested orally and even snorted. Meth affects the central nervous system by acting as a stimulant to your brain. Using methamphetamine for long term basis can cause high levels of addiction.

During the years 1950s and 1960s this drug was prescribed to people for loosing weight. However, this gained immense popularity as it gave a high or rush to the people. People wanting to stay awake for long or increase performance or loose weight or fight minor depressions began using this killer drug. With more intravenous usage of meth people began showing a violent and aggressive behavioral patterns and then medical practitioners discontinued to prescribe it.

The federal government banned the chemical responsible for crystal meth which is known as Phenyl-2-propane.It was also found that ephedrine was used as a drug. Hence, manufacture of meth enhanced and mainly was focused on the West Coast. Large amount of meth was supplied to the cooks by Mexican drug dealers. The various health effects of meth consumption involves stroke, paranoia, convulsions, irritations, violent behaviour, confusions, cardiovascular diseases, heart attack, hallucinations. Still today meth is used all around the world as an addiction. The recipe to make meth at home is still available on the web. This is cheap and easy and the rush or high it gives the people keeps it in high demand all over the globe. This has become an alternative for cocaine.